Wikipedia says it's Paradox Development Studio, which is the design studio, where Paradox Interactive is the publisher, and both are under the same parent company. As far as I am aware, the 'clausewitz engine' used by these games isn't available to other developers.
Who are you seeing as the 'not-Paradox' developer for CK2?
EU4 and CK2 are made by PDS, part of Paradox Interactive, a Swedish company.
The confusion was because the thread is actually about Cities: Skylines. That's the game that's only distributed by Paradox, not also made by them, and the one I was confused about.